In Memoriam: Founding member Bobby Weir joined the Grateful Dead as a teenager and remained with the band for its entire thirty-year career. As a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Weir took influences from disparate sources – jazz, classical, and gospel music – and was featured on many of the group’s most rock-oriented songs. His guitar playing highlighted distinctive chord progressions and rhythmic patterns, and his songwriting offered thoughtful lyrics and surprising melodies. Weir never seem

"One of the most-loved Grateful Dead songs, “Ripple” was one of the many standouts on ‘American Beauty.’ It was played 11 times 1970-1971, and then dropped until it returned in 1980, played as the set-closing song every night during the Dead's acoustic sets. It made one final appearance on 9/3/88 in Landover, MD, before being retired for good." - David Lemieux Footage from the band’s Radio City Music Hall Performance that occurred 42 years ago this week. | Grateful Dead

367K views · 11K reactions | Jerry was a humble musician, often critical of his own work—but there were a few songs he openly said he enjoyed playing most. What are some of your favorite songs to hear Jerry play? | Grateful Dead | Facebook